Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Nigeria
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
sannu
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
gode ku
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
yaya dai
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
mai kyau dare
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
barka da yamma
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
barka da rana
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
mai kyau safe
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
Don Allah
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
yi hakuri
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
sai anjima
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
Ina son ku
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
gafara dai
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Gaananci
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Kurhwayanci
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Daragaram
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
50.00 million
  
28
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
35.00 million
  
27
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
French Name
albanais
  
haoussa
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Haussa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
14
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
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Chadic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
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Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Hausa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
ha
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
hau
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
hau
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
hau
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
haus1257
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
19-HAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Albanian and Hausa Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Albanian and Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Hausa language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Hausa Difficulty
The Albanian vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Hausa Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Albanian and Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.